CVE-2014-8154

NameCVE-2014-8154
DescriptionThe Gst.MapInfo function in Vala 0.26.0 and 0.26.1 uses an incorrect buffer length declaration for the Gstreamer bindings, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs775913

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
vala (PTS)bullseye0.48.17-1fixed
bookworm0.56.3-1fixed
sid, trixie0.56.17-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
valasource(unstable)(not affected)
vala-0.14source(unstable)(not affected)
vala-0.16source(unstable)(not affected)
vala-0.26source(unstable)0.26.1-1.1775913

Notes

- vala-0.16 <not-affected> (MapInfo not yet present)
- vala-0.14 <not-affected> (MapInfo not yet present)
- vala <not-affected> (MapInfo not yet present)
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678663
https://git.gnome.org/browse/vala/commit/?id=3092537db65887e24a3d3e87a27caf9c5295e4f7
Binaries with buggy bindings package that use Gst.MapInfo() function
are affected as well and need to be rebuilt, shotwell, rygel, ...

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